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Arkansas

University of Arkansas · 2025 · SEC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#104
Efficiency
+2.9
62nd FBS
Record
2-10
Conf. record
0-8
Conf. finish
16th
of 16
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Arkansas went 2-10 and was ranked 104th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 13th-ranked offense was the engine, backed by a 127th-ranked defense. They ran the ball on 50% of offensive plays with a 1st-ranked rushing attack and passed the ball on the remaining 50% of plays with a 33rd-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
0-5
Q2
0-4
Q3
0-1
Q4
2-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 2.0 wins
Strength of Record
126th
-4.7 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
8th
full season
8th
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
9th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~3.9 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs Alabama A&MSWACW 527+47.7100%-7.8Q4
2vs Arkansas StateSun Belt#90W 5614+14.4100%24.9Q4
3@ Ole MissSEC#9L 3541-18.80%15.2Q1
4@ MemphisAmerican Athletic#58L 3132-2.90%4.0Q2
5vs Notre DameFBS Independents#11L 1356-21.90%-15.1Q1
7@ TennesseeSEC#33L 3134-14.00%12.3Q1
8vs Texas A&MSEC#7L 4245-13.10%9.8Q1
9vs AuburnSEC#57L 2433-5.60%-1.3Q2
10vs Mississippi StateSEC#76L 3538+2.10%-4.0Q3
12@ LSUSEC#41L 2223-9.70%5.1Q2
13@ TexasSEC#14L 3752-15.30%-0.4Q1
14vs MissouriSEC#34L 1731-5.00%-8.5Q2

12 played · 2-10. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Arkansas, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-11.9+4.9+21.7-825154-151210-1-45-0-8Week 0Week 20
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 33rd
SR 31stYPP 32ndEPA 41st
RushingEff 1st
SR 1stYPP 1stEPA 1st
Defense
Pass defenseEff 116th
SR 99thYPP 116thEPA 124th
Rush defenseEff 63rd
SR 96thYPP 55thEPA 58th
Dropback rate 50%Tempo -3.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 45th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 51%1st · Defense allowed: 46%1st2nd · Offense: 47%2nd · Defense allowed: 47%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 49%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 48%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 88.0Q1 · Allowed: 87.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 148.0Q2 · Allowed: 126.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 65.0Q3 · Allowed: 99.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 70.0Q4 · Allowed: 67.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Arkansas Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 13th
+9.9
Field position: -0.2Finishing drives: +10.1
Field position -0.2Finishing drives +10.1= +9.9
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 71st · Finishing 11th

Defensive EffRanked 127th
-9.7
Field position: +0.2Finishing drives: -10.0
Field position +0.2Finishing drives -10.0= -9.7
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 62nd · Finishing 127th

2.81 points per drive on offense, 2.65 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 28.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(182)45% / 55%51%8.6
Q2(216)55% / 45%50%7.5
Q3(186)48% / 52%44%6.3
Q4(186)61% / 39%53%6.3
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(178)10.152%7.4
2nd(124)9.548%8.7
3rd(93)8.835%6.5
4th(7)5.743%0.4
All (402)47%7.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(188)9.851%6.8
2nd(126)6.946%6.2
3rd(47)4.974%8.8
4th(7)2.171%8.6
All (368)52%6.9

Arkansas, all games.

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